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== Death == [[File:Belgique 02.2009 Soeur Sourire (4).JPG|thumb|The grave of Deckers and Pécher at Chérémont Cemetery in [[Wavre]], [[Province of Brabant|Brabant]], Belgium]] Deckers and Pécher died by suicide, taking overdoses of [[barbiturate]]s and alcohol on 29 March 1985.<ref name=guafil /><ref name=Interview>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaylive.be/specbericht.php?artid=709&catid=&title=Interview:%20Leen%20Van%20Den%20Berg%20over%20Soeur%20Sourire:%20Zie%20me%20graag. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201114954/http://www.gaylive.be/specbericht.php?artid=709&catid=&title=Interview:%20Leen%20Van%20Den%20Berg%20over%20Soeur%20Sourire:%20Zie%20me%20graag. |archive-date=1 December 2014 |title=Interview: Leen Van Den Berg over Soeur Sourire: Zie me graag |trans-title=Interview: Leen Van Den Berg on Soeur Sourire: Love me |work=Gaylive.Be }}</ref><ref name=kerbyrials>{{Cite book |title=Sœur Sourire: Journal d'une tragedie | first=Leen |last=Van Den Berg |publisher=Editions Luc Pire |year=2005 |isbn=2-87415-483-0 |page=209 }}</ref> In their suicide note, they referenced their financial problems. They also wrote that they had not lost their faith and wanted a joint burial, according to the rites of the Catholic Church.<ref name=mj>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YWgaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5204,618343&dq=jeanine+deckers&hl=en |title= 'Singing Nun' takes her own life at 52 |work= The Milwaukee Journal |date= 2 April 1985 |access-date= 5 April 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They were buried together on 4 April 1985 in Chérémont Cemetery in Wavre, Brabant, the town where they died.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 43607-43608). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref> The inscription on their tombstone reads, "J'ai vu voler son âme / À travers les nuages" (English: "I saw her soul fly through the clouds"), a line taken from her 1966 song "Luc Dominique".<ref>{{cite book |last= Chadwick |first=D. A. |title=The Singing Nun Story: The Life and Death of Soeur Sourire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lUyaMwEACAAJ |year=2010|page=75 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=978-1-4537-1096-8}}</ref>
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